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https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=User%3AIssaRice%2FLinear_algebra%2FDeterminant_as_signed_volume_of_transformation User:IssaRice/Linear algebra/Determinant as signed volume of transformation - Revision history 2026-05-26T08:38:40Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.41.2 https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:IssaRice/Linear_algebra/Determinant_as_signed_volume_of_transformation&diff=2622&oldid=prev IssaRice: /* References */ 2019-12-28T04:35:45Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">References</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 04:35, 28 December 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l18">Line 18:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 18:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX7qBVa9cQU -- this is probably the best explanation of the determinant i have ever seen</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX7qBVa9cQU -- this is probably the best explanation of the determinant i have ever seen</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* http://math.unt.edu/~tushar/project%20ideas/monthly%2096%20hannah%20geometric%20determinant.pdf</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* sergei treil's linear algebra done wrong has a pretty good explanation. in particular, i like how he first defines determinant for a list of vectors.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* sergei treil's linear algebra done wrong has a pretty good explanation. in particular, i like how he first defines determinant for a list of vectors.</div></td></tr> </table>

IssaRice https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:IssaRice/Linear_algebra/Determinant_as_signed_volume_of_transformation&diff=2621&oldid=prev IssaRice at 03:15, 28 December 2019 2019-12-28T03:15:06Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:15, 28 December 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let <math>f,g : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> both have this property. can we assign a volume to <math>f\circ g</math>? well, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> for every <math>\Omega</math>. in particular, it's true for the region <math>g(\Omega)</math>. so we get <math>\operatorname{vol} f(g(\Omega)) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g(\Omega))</math>. and we know <math>\operatorname{vol} g(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} g)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> since g also has this property. so we end up with <math>\operatorname{vol} (f\circ g)(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math>. so <math>\operatorname{vol} (f\circ g) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g)</math>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let <math>f,g : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> both have this property. can we assign a volume to <math>f\circ g</math>? well, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> for every <math>\Omega</math>. in particular, it's true for the region <math>g(\Omega)</math>. so we get <math>\operatorname{vol} f(g(\Omega)) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g(\Omega))</math>. and we know <math>\operatorname{vol} g(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} g)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> since g also has this property. so we end up with <math>\operatorname{vol} (f\circ g)(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math>. so <math>\operatorname{vol} (f\circ g) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g)</math>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(actually, we should also check that <math>f\circ g</math> has the volume-invariance-under-translations property)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td></tr> </table>

IssaRice https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:IssaRice/Linear_algebra/Determinant_as_signed_volume_of_transformation&diff=2620&oldid=prev IssaRice at 03:12, 28 December 2019 2019-12-28T03:12:44Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:12, 28 December 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l10">Line 10:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 10:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the interesting thing about linear maps is that we can summarize their entire behavior using an array of numbers. and volume is also a summary of the map, which must be some function of the array of numbers. so we can find a "volume formula" as a function of the numbers which make up the array.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr> </table>

IssaRice https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:IssaRice/Linear_algebra/Determinant_as_signed_volume_of_transformation&diff=2619&oldid=prev IssaRice at 03:10, 28 December 2019 2019-12-28T03:10:50Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:10, 28 December 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>for such a function f, we can write <math>\operatorname{vol} f(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> for every <math>\Omega</math>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>for such a function f, we can write <math>\operatorname{vol} f(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> for every <math>\Omega</math>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let <math>f,g : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> both have this property. can we assign a volume to <math>f\circ g</math>? well, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> for every <math>\Omega</math>. in particular, it's true for the region <math>g(\Omega)</math>. so we get <math>\operatorname{vol} f(g(\Omega)) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g(\Omega))</math>. and we know <math>\operatorname{vol} g(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} g)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> since g also has this property. so we end up with <math>\operatorname{vol} (f\circ g)(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let <math>f,g : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> both have this property. can we assign a volume to <math>f\circ g</math>? well, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> for every <math>\Omega</math>. in particular, it's true for the region <math>g(\Omega)</math>. so we get <math>\operatorname{vol} f(g(\Omega)) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g(\Omega))</math>. and we know <math>\operatorname{vol} g(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} g)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> since g also has this property. so we end up with <math>\operatorname{vol} (f\circ g)(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</math>. so <math>\operatorname{vol} (f\circ g) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g</ins>)</math>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td></tr> </table>

IssaRice https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:IssaRice/Linear_algebra/Determinant_as_signed_volume_of_transformation&diff=2618&oldid=prev IssaRice at 03:07, 28 December 2019 2019-12-28T03:07:18Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:07, 28 December 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>for such a function f, we can write <math>\operatorname{vol} f(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> for every <math>\Omega</math>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>for such a function f, we can write <math>\operatorname{vol} f(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> for every <math>\Omega</math>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">now let <math>f,g : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> both have this property. can we assign a volume to <math>f\circ g</math>? well, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> for every <math>\Omega</math>. in particular, it's true for the region <math>g(\Omega)</math>. so we get <math>\operatorname{vol} f(g(\Omega)) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g(\Omega))</math>. and we know <math>\operatorname{vol} g(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} g)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> since g also has this property. so we end up with <math>\operatorname{vol} (f\circ g)(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} g)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math>.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td></tr> </table>

IssaRice https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:IssaRice/Linear_algebra/Determinant_as_signed_volume_of_transformation&diff=2617&oldid=prev IssaRice at 03:02, 28 December 2019 2019-12-28T03:02:30Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:02, 28 December 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>in general, i don't think we can say anything too interesting here. (consider a quadratic function, where distance to the origin changes how much the volume changes.) but we can restrict attention to the following functions: for all <math>x \in \mathbf R^n</math> and all <math>\Omega \subseteq \mathbf R^n</math>, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} f(\Omega)</math>. in other words, f alters volume "globally" in the sense that no matter where you place <math>\Omega</math> in space, the deformed volume is the same. now write <math>\Omega</math> as a disjoint union of tiny cubes + some even smaller almost-cubes. by the property of f, these tiny cubes and almost-cubes also get deformed in such a way that their deformed volumes are the same wherever they are. but... the different cubes are simply translations of each other! so we really just need to know how f acts on ''one'' of the cubes. then we move it around inside <math>\Omega</math> -- each of these are just translations of the original tiny cube. by the property of f, the images of these translated cubes will have the same volume as the image of the original cube. so we can ''summarize'' f by assigning it a number that tells us by what factor it deforms a cube. let's call this the volume of f, <math>\operatorname{vol} f</math>. to be concrete, we can take the unit cube, <math>\{(x_1, \ldots, x_n) : 0\leq x_j \leq 1 \text{ for each }j\}</math>, and say that <math>\operatorname{vol} f</math> is the volume of the image of it under f. (there is no risk of confusion, since we've previously only assigned volumes to regions of space; so we are just overloading the notion for a different kind of object.)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>in general, i don't think we can say anything too interesting here. (consider a quadratic function, where distance to the origin changes how much the volume changes.) but we can restrict attention to the following functions: for all <math>x \in \mathbf R^n</math> and all <math>\Omega \subseteq \mathbf R^n</math>, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} f(\Omega)</math>. in other words, f alters volume "globally" in the sense that no matter where you place <math>\Omega</math> in space, the deformed volume is the same. now write <math>\Omega</math> as a disjoint union of tiny cubes + some even smaller almost-cubes. by the property of f, these tiny cubes and almost-cubes also get deformed in such a way that their deformed volumes are the same wherever they are. but... the different cubes are simply translations of each other! so we really just need to know how f acts on ''one'' of the cubes. then we move it around inside <math>\Omega</math> -- each of these are just translations of the original tiny cube. by the property of f, the images of these translated cubes will have the same volume as the image of the original cube. so we can ''summarize'' f by assigning it a number that tells us by what factor it deforms a cube. let's call this the volume of f, <math>\operatorname{vol} f</math>. to be concrete, we can take the unit cube, <math>\{(x_1, \ldots, x_n) : 0\leq x_j \leq 1 \text{ for each }j\}</math>, and say that <math>\operatorname{vol} f</math> is the volume of the image of it under f. (there is no risk of confusion, since we've previously only assigned volumes to regions of space; so we are just overloading the notion for a different kind of object.)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for such a function f, we can write <math>\operatorname{vol} f(\Omega) = (\operatorname{vol} f)(\operatorname{vol} \Omega)</math> for every <math>\Omega</math>.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td></tr> </table>

IssaRice https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:IssaRice/Linear_algebra/Determinant_as_signed_volume_of_transformation&diff=2616&oldid=prev IssaRice at 03:00, 28 December 2019 2019-12-28T03:00:40Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:00, 28 December 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>since f takes this space to itself, the image of <math>\Omega</math> under f, denoted <math>f(\Omega)</math>, is another region in space. let's assume f is nice enough that we can assign a volume to <math>f(\Omega)</math>. we can now ask, what is the volume of <math>f(\Omega)</math>? is it related to the volume of <math>\Omega</math> somehow? does the volume change if we translate <math>\Omega</math>, stretch it, rotate it, etc.?</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>since f takes this space to itself, the image of <math>\Omega</math> under f, denoted <math>f(\Omega)</math>, is another region in space. let's assume f is nice enough that we can assign a volume to <math>f(\Omega)</math>. we can now ask, what is the volume of <math>f(\Omega)</math>? is it related to the volume of <math>\Omega</math> somehow? does the volume change if we translate <math>\Omega</math>, stretch it, rotate it, etc.?</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>in general, i don't think we can say anything too interesting here. (consider a quadratic function, where distance to the origin changes how much the volume changes.) but we can restrict attention to the following functions: for all <math>x \in \mathbf R^n</math> and all <math>\Omega \subseteq \mathbf R^n</math>, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} f(\Omega)</math>. in other words, f alters volume "globally" in the sense that no matter where you place <math>\Omega</math> in space, the deformed volume is the same. now write <math>\Omega</math> as a disjoint union of tiny cubes + some even smaller almost-cubes. by the property of f, these tiny cubes and almost-cubes also get deformed in such a way that their deformed volumes are the same wherever they are. but... the different cubes are simply translations of each other! so we really just need to know how f acts on ''one'' of the cubes. then we move it around inside <math>\Omega</math> -- each of these are just translations of the original tiny cube. by the property of f, the images of these translated cubes will have the same volume as the image of the original cube. so we can ''summarize'' f by assigning it a number that tells us by what factor it deforms a cube. let's call this the volume of f, <math>\operatorname{vol} f</math>. (there is no risk of confusion, since we've previously only assigned volumes to regions of space; so we are just overloading the notion for a different kind of object.)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>in general, i don't think we can say anything too interesting here. (consider a quadratic function, where distance to the origin changes how much the volume changes.) but we can restrict attention to the following functions: for all <math>x \in \mathbf R^n</math> and all <math>\Omega \subseteq \mathbf R^n</math>, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} f(\Omega)</math>. in other words, f alters volume "globally" in the sense that no matter where you place <math>\Omega</math> in space, the deformed volume is the same. now write <math>\Omega</math> as a disjoint union of tiny cubes + some even smaller almost-cubes. by the property of f, these tiny cubes and almost-cubes also get deformed in such a way that their deformed volumes are the same wherever they are. but... the different cubes are simply translations of each other! so we really just need to know how f acts on ''one'' of the cubes. then we move it around inside <math>\Omega</math> -- each of these are just translations of the original tiny cube. by the property of f, the images of these translated cubes will have the same volume as the image of the original cube. so we can ''summarize'' f by assigning it a number that tells us by what factor it deforms a cube. let's call this the volume of f, <math>\operatorname{vol} f</math><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. to be concrete, we can take the unit cube, <math>\{(x_1, \ldots, x_n) : 0\leq x_j \leq 1 \text{ for each }j\}</math>, and say that <math>\operatorname{vol} f</math> is the volume of the image of it under f</ins>. (there is no risk of confusion, since we've previously only assigned volumes to regions of space; so we are just overloading the notion for a different kind of object.)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math>.</div></td></tr> </table>

IssaRice https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:IssaRice/Linear_algebra/Determinant_as_signed_volume_of_transformation&diff=2615&oldid=prev IssaRice at 02:55, 28 December 2019 2019-12-28T02:55:56Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:55, 28 December 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>since f takes this space to itself, the image of <math>\Omega</math> under f, denoted <math>f(\Omega)</math>, is another region in space. let's assume f is nice enough that we can assign a volume to <math>f(\Omega)</math>. we can now ask, what is the volume of <math>f(\Omega)</math>? is it related to the volume of <math>\Omega</math> somehow? does the volume change if we translate <math>\Omega</math>, stretch it, rotate it, etc.?</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>since f takes this space to itself, the image of <math>\Omega</math> under f, denoted <math>f(\Omega)</math>, is another region in space. let's assume f is nice enough that we can assign a volume to <math>f(\Omega)</math>. we can now ask, what is the volume of <math>f(\Omega)</math>? is it related to the volume of <math>\Omega</math> somehow? does the volume change if we translate <math>\Omega</math>, stretch it, rotate it, etc.?</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>in general, i don't think we can say anything too interesting here. (consider a quadratic function, where distance to the origin changes how much the volume changes.) but we can restrict attention to the following functions: for all <math>x \in \mathbf R^n</math> and all <math>\Omega \subseteq \mathbf R^n</math>, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} f(\Omega)</math>. in other words, f alters volume "globally" in the sense that no matter where you place <math>\Omega</math> in space, the deformed volume is the same. now write <math>\Omega</math> as a disjoint union of tiny cubes + some even smaller almost-cubes. by the property of f, these tiny cubes and almost-cubes also get deformed in such a way that their deformed volumes are the same wherever they are. but... the different cubes are simply translations of each other! so we really just need to know how f acts on ''one'' of the cubes. then we move it around inside <math>\Omega</math> -- each of these are just translations of the original tiny cube. by the property of f, the images of these translated cubes will have the same volume as the image of the original cube. so we can ''summarize'' f by assigning it a number that tells us by what factor it deforms a cube.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>in general, i don't think we can say anything too interesting here. (consider a quadratic function, where distance to the origin changes how much the volume changes.) but we can restrict attention to the following functions: for all <math>x \in \mathbf R^n</math> and all <math>\Omega \subseteq \mathbf R^n</math>, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} f(\Omega)</math>. in other words, f alters volume "globally" in the sense that no matter where you place <math>\Omega</math> in space, the deformed volume is the same. now write <math>\Omega</math> as a disjoint union of tiny cubes + some even smaller almost-cubes. by the property of f, these tiny cubes and almost-cubes also get deformed in such a way that their deformed volumes are the same wherever they are. but... the different cubes are simply translations of each other! so we really just need to know how f acts on ''one'' of the cubes. then we move it around inside <math>\Omega</math> -- each of these are just translations of the original tiny cube. by the property of f, the images of these translated cubes will have the same volume as the image of the original cube. so we can ''summarize'' f by assigning it a number that tells us by what factor it deforms a cube<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. let's call this the volume of f, <math>\operatorname{vol} f</math>. (there is no risk of confusion, since we've previously only assigned volumes to regions of space; so we are just overloading the notion for a different kind of object.)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">now let's investigate what kinds of functions have the property for f mentioned above. one important class of functions that transform space is linear maps. let <math>T : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be a linear map (operator). if we assume volume is invariant under transformations, then for any <math>x</math> and <math>\Omega</math> we have <math display=block>\begin{align}T(x + \Omega) &= T(\{x + y : y \in \Omega\}) \\ &= \{T(x+y) : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= \{Tx + Ty : y \in \Omega\} \\ &= Tx + T(\Omega)\end{align}</math> Thus <math>\operatorname{vol} T(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} T(\Omega)</math></ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr> </table>

IssaRice https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:IssaRice/Linear_algebra/Determinant_as_signed_volume_of_transformation&diff=2614&oldid=prev IssaRice at 02:48, 28 December 2019 2019-12-28T02:48:43Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:48, 28 December 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>since f takes this space to itself, the image of <math>\Omega</math> under f, denoted <math>f(\Omega)</math>, is another region in space. let's assume f is nice enough that we can assign a volume to <math>f(\Omega)</math>. we can now ask, what is the volume of <math>f(\Omega)</math>? is it related to the volume of <math>\Omega</math> somehow? does the volume change if we translate <math>\Omega</math>, stretch it, rotate it, etc.?</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>since f takes this space to itself, the image of <math>\Omega</math> under f, denoted <math>f(\Omega)</math>, is another region in space. let's assume f is nice enough that we can assign a volume to <math>f(\Omega)</math>. we can now ask, what is the volume of <math>f(\Omega)</math>? is it related to the volume of <math>\Omega</math> somehow? does the volume change if we translate <math>\Omega</math>, stretch it, rotate it, etc.?</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>in general, i don't think we can say anything too interesting here. (consider a quadratic function, where distance to the origin changes how much the volume changes.) but <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">if </del>we restrict attention to the following functions: for all <math>x \in \mathbf R^n</math> and all <math>\Omega \subseteq \mathbf R^n</math>, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} f(\Omega)</math>. in other words, f alters volume "globally" in the sense that no matter where you place <math>\Omega</math> in space, the deformed volume is the same.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>in general, i don't think we can say anything too interesting here. (consider a quadratic function, where distance to the origin changes how much the volume changes.) but we <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can </ins>restrict attention to the following functions: for all <math>x \in \mathbf R^n</math> and all <math>\Omega \subseteq \mathbf R^n</math>, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} f(\Omega)</math>. in other words, f alters volume "globally" in the sense that no matter where you place <math>\Omega</math> in space, the deformed volume is the same<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. now write <math>\Omega</math> as a disjoint union of tiny cubes + some even smaller almost-cubes. by the property of f, these tiny cubes and almost-cubes also get deformed in such a way that their deformed volumes are the same wherever they are. but... the different cubes are simply translations of each other! so we really just need to know how f acts on ''one'' of the cubes. then we move it around inside <math>\Omega</math> -- each of these are just translations of the original tiny cube. by the property of f, the images of these translated cubes will have the same volume as the image of the original cube. so we can ''summarize'' f by assigning it a number that tells us by what factor it deforms a cube</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr> </table>

IssaRice https://machinelearning.subwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:IssaRice/Linear_algebra/Determinant_as_signed_volume_of_transformation&diff=2613&oldid=prev IssaRice at 02:43, 28 December 2019 2019-12-28T02:43:37Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:43, 28 December 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Let <math>f : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be some function (not necessarily linear) and let <math>\Omega \subseteq \mathbf R^n</math> be some region in space. we will assume we can assign some "volume" to <math>\Omega</math>, e.g. by cutting it up into little cubes and adding up the volumes of the cubes (the volume of a cube is just the product of its edge lengths).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Let <math>f : \mathbf R^n \to \mathbf R^n</math> be some function (not necessarily linear) and let <math>\Omega \subseteq \mathbf R^n</math> be some region in space. we will assume we can assign some "volume" to <math>\Omega</math>, e.g. by cutting it up into little cubes and adding up the volumes of the cubes (the volume of a cube is just the product of its edge lengths).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>since f takes this space to itself, the image of <math>\Omega</math> under f, denoted <math>f(\Omega)</math>, is another region in space. let's assume f is nice enough that we can assign a volume to <math>f(\Omega)</math>. we can now ask, what is the volume of <math>f(\Omega)</math>? is it related to the volume of <math>\Omega</math> somehow? does the volume change if we translate <math>\Omega</math>, stretch it, rotate it, etc.?</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>since f takes this space to itself, the image of <math>\Omega</math> under f, denoted <math>f(\Omega)</math>, is another region in space. let's assume f is nice enough that we can assign a volume to <math>f(\Omega)</math>. we can now ask, what is the volume of <math>f(\Omega)</math>? is it related to the volume of <math>\Omega</math> somehow? does the volume change if we translate <math>\Omega</math>, stretch it, rotate it, etc.?</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in general, i don't think we can say anything too interesting here. (consider a quadratic function, where distance to the origin changes how much the volume changes.) but if we restrict attention to the following functions: for all <math>x \in \mathbf R^n</math> and all <math>\Omega \subseteq \mathbf R^n</math>, <math>\operatorname{vol} f(x+\Omega) = \operatorname{vol} f(\Omega)</math>. in other words, f alters volume "globally" in the sense that no matter where you place <math>\Omega</math> in space, the deformed volume is the same.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr> </table>

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